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Nov 21, 2009

Calif. Firefighters Rush to Shooting Victims' Aid

San Bernardino rescuers had to make a quick decision after hearing gunshots.

SAN BERNARDINO - A tense few moments followed the sound of six to eight gunshots outside Fire Station 7 late Tuesday.

Firefighter-paramedic Greg Soria and his crew stood up in the living room of the station, looked out the window and saw a man lying in the middle of the intersection of 40th Street and Electric Avenue.

"This guy was in the middle of the street almost getting hit by cars," Soria said.

The firefighters had to make a decision: Wait for the police or run outside and save the man in the street, not knowing if the sho

Nov 20, 2009

Pa. FFs Scolded For Political Campaigning with Fire Dept. Vehicles

Nov. 20--After a resident complained about Larimer firefighters campaigning for a political candidate, North Huntingdon commissioners said Wednesday that they'll send a letter to the volunteer department reinforcing a township policy that their vehicles should be used only for fire-related calls.

Nov 20, 2009

Maine FFs Seek Grant for Tankers

Fire Chief John Lee knows that his department's trucks are as well-maintained as his firefighters can make them, but someday soon, two tankers won't be able to answer any more alarms.

Nov 20, 2009

Ariz. Fire Claims 1, Injures 2

MARICOPA, Ariz.

A mobile home fire claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman Friday morning and severely burned a 1-year-old girl and her 28-year-old aunt, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said.

The blaze broke out at about 8:30 a.m. at the structure in the Pinal County community of Maricopa south of Phoenix.

The name of the victim has not yet been released.

Nov 20, 2009

Task Force Formed For Pa. Arsons

GINTER, Pa.

An early-morning fire in Clearfield County has been ruled suspicious and officials have established a task force to investigate a string of arsons over the last month.

The fire started around 2:30 a.m. at an abandoned house on Union Street in Ginter. Neighbors said no one has lived at the house for about a month.

The home was destroyed, but crews were able to save the house next door even though heat from the blaze started to melt its siding.

Nov 20, 2009

Excavator Used in Wash. Rampage

STANWOOD, Wash. --

Police were called to a Stanwood business in the middle of the night Friday to find a man using an excavator in a destructive rampage, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Neighbors who live near Forest Land Services called 911 around 3 a.m.

Nov 20, 2009

Toddler Rescued in Elgin, Ill. Fire

An Elgin firefighter heroically saved a 2-year-old boy from a burning home on the city's west side Thursday afternoon, minutes before the toddler could have died from smoke inhalation, officials said.

Meanwhile, fire officials said the boy's father remains in police custody and they're calling the fire suspicious.

Nov 20, 2009

Minn. FD Recounts Tour Bus Crash

Nov. 20--Wednesday's tour bus crash on Interstate 90 was the largest mass-casualty event that Austin Fire Chief Dan Wilson has been to in his 25 years with the department.

Austin firefighters were called for mutual aid and were among the first on the scene, where two were killed and 21 were injured.

Nov 20, 2009

Woman Dies, Two FFs Injured In Ky. Fire

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. --

A woman was killed and two firefighters were injured by a fire and explosion inside a home in Independence, Ky.

The fire was reported at the home on Sharpsburg Drive at about 4:40 a.m.

Nov 20, 2009

Calif. Firefighters Free Fowl From Fence

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

A goose got stuck Thursday when its leg became entangled in chicken wire on an island in the middle of Sacramento's Land Park duck pond.

Animal control officers called the fire department for help when they realized they needed a raft to get over to the goose.

Once it was freed, firefighters and animal control officers paddled back to shore with their injured feathered friend.

Nov 19, 2009

Texas Dept. Pleas for Pumper Truck

Nov. 18--TIVOLI -- A fire that displaced a Tivoli family last week has rekindled a second plea for a pumper truck from the unincorporated community's volunteer fire department.

Last Tuesday, the idea got support from Refugio County commissioners when they voted unanimously to seek bids on a the truck after the Tovar family lost its home, said Rene Mascorro, county judge.

Nov 19, 2009

Consultant Hired to Study Wis. Dept.

By STEFANIE SCOTT

Consultants will be keeping an eye on Wauwatosa Fire Department's operations over the next several months.

The Common Council on Tuesday approved spending $65,000 on a review by International City/County Management Association, a professional organization for city managers, to see if any personnel or service changes could result in efficiencies within the department.

Nov 19, 2009

College Building in Virginia Burns

Nov. 19--Fire heavily damaged a Lynchburg College storage facility used to house sporting equipment Wednesday night, Lynchburg Fire Department officials said.

Battalion Chief J.P. Kilgore said fire crews received the call to the building on Faculty Drive off Lakeside Drive about 9:30 p.m.

Nov 19, 2009

N.H. FFs Take Trench Training

By Alec O'Meara

Union Leader Correspondent

LONDONDERRY -- With the widening of Interstate 93 poised to become a major construction project in town over the next several years, Londonderry firefighters are spending the week preparing for trench cave-in rescues, one of the more dangerous and labor-intensive emergencies related to construction.

Nov 19, 2009

Miss. FFs Rescue Boy From Chimney

JACKSON, Miss.

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Emergency crews freed a boy from a chimney Thursday morning after he became stuck inside it.

Clifton Washington said his wife heard someone screaming for help at about 8 a.m.

Nov 19, 2009

Nashville FFs Injured in Floor Collapse

Six suffered non-life threatening injuries.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --

Six firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries on Thursday morning while battling a fire on Dinah Court near Ravenwood Country Club in Donelson.

Emergency officials said the floor of the home fell through, trapping three firefighters at about 7:30 a.m. Firefighters on the scene rescued their co-workers and they were transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center.

One other firefighter was later transported. Two additional firefighters were treated and released from Summit Medical Center.

Nov 19, 2009

USFS Asked To Allow Helicopter Fire Fighting In Darkness

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Nov 19, 2009

Va. Teen Petsmart Employee Accused of Starting Fire, $2M in Damages

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Nov. 18--An 18-year-old employee of the Valley View PetSmart was arrested Tuesday and charged with starting the weekend fire that caused an estimated $2 million in damage to the store.

Corey Brian Hite of Ivanhoe in Wythe County was charged with arson, Roanoke Fire-EMS spokeswoman Tiffany Bradbury said. Roanoke police and the U.S.

Nov 19, 2009

Wis. Dept. Considers Ambulances

Nov. 17--Superior's City Council on Tuesday decided to create a special task force to gather information and determine if running an ambulance service through the Superior Fire Department is a viable option.

Nov 19, 2009

Ohio Dept. Wants EMS Business

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